I find its not so much the dosage of the medication that has people concerned, its the number of pills/day. I had a guy argue with me about giving him two 20 mg tabs of lasix saying it was too much but when I waltzed in with a 40 mg tab, he was all sorts of happy.

One day after work, Dufus walked into a pizza parlor and ordered a large pizza. When it was ready, the waiter asked if he wanted it cut into eight pieces or sixteen. "Better make it eight, he said. "I'd never be able to eat sixteen."

Seems like it would be the overall dose rather than the number of pills that would affect the liver. Then again, I gotta say I'd be happy to reduce my annual pill intake by 2,190. That's what you did for him.

OMDG! The internet is such adangerous place. For better or worse! It is such a catch 21!T.V. Tells patients (with the newguidlines) to ask for the themto ask for the pure formof amy given rx...ex. vicodan, they are asked for it w/out the tylenol. Ihave hurd stories that this is done, them they are given the hairy eyeball! Then they are givena red flag as a seeker. You can't win for losing. I hope this storyis appropriate for 'fun with patiens' Everything is getting toocomplicated!

This is indeed a weird phenomenon. So many times I'm going over the directions on a prescription with a customer and all they want to know is how many they take PER DAY -- not how many, and not how often. It's odd.

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